GR299 Burt Plains Project annual report to 30 July 2013

Abstract

The Burt Plains project tenements are located within the Paleo to Mesoproterozoic rocks of the Aileron Province with the Arunta Region of Central Australia. The main commodities targeted within the project include base metals, Ni-Cu, uranium, mafic-hosted vanadiferous magnetite, REE and orogenic gold. A detailed review of historical exploration and validation of historical exploration data has been the initial focus for exploration during the reporting period. It is recommended that the next phase of exploration should include a more thorough review of the digital exploration data including HyMap data collected by Atom Energy in 2008 which overlaps with the project. Historical BLEG sampling by Western Desert Resources over the south-eastern portion of the project did return a cluster of anomalous gold results which warrant further review to determine if satisfactory follow-up was completed by Western Desert Resources. The historical review completed by NT Minerals was not completed due to corrupted digital files and excluded exploration reports post 2008. This review will be completed once the replacement files are received. The discovery of high grade copper mineralisation at the Kidman Resources' Home of Bullion Prospect in the northern Arunta province has seen a new wave of exploration within the district. It is recommended that the next phase of exploration also include the reprocessing and merging of all past airborne magnetic surveys. In addition the distribution of airborne EM data should be completed to decide if this will also be worth reprocessing. A review of the data sets should then be undertaken in conjunction with the historical digital exploration data files (NTGS data) which appears to contain most exploration data up to about 2008.